Raymond Kaleoalohapoina?oleohelemanu K?ne, was one of Hawaii's acknowledged masters of the slack-key guitar. Born in Koloa, Kaua?i, he grew up in Nanakuli on O?ahu's Wai?anae Coast where his stepfather worked as a fisherman.
K?ne's style was distinctive and deceptively simple. He played in a number of ki ho'alu tunings always plucking or brushing the strings with only the thumb and index finger of his right hand. He also played hammer-ons and pull-offs in a unique way; his finger moving up and o...
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